About Len Dockett
Lived 1920 – 2008 (aged 87). Len Dockett was an Australian australian rules football player.
Leonard Sydney Dockett (5 March 1920 – 1 January 2008) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, and he also played cricket for the VCA Colts cricket team in the 1938–39 and 1939–40 season, making 22 runs while there, and for Richmond in the 1938–39 and 1955–56 season, with a total of 121 runs. In December 2007, he was awarded a life membership to the Melbourne Football Club.
Dockett was a sergeant in the 14/32 battalion Australian Imperial Force during World War II and served in Papua New Guinea. He died on 1 January 2008, in Melbourne.
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Who was Len Dockett?
Australian rules footballer (1920-2008)
When was Len Dockett born?
Len Dockett was born on 5 March 1920 in Carlton.
When did Len Dockett die?
Len Dockett died on 1 January 2008 in Melbourne.
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Len Dockett was an australian rules football player.
What nationality was Len Dockett?
Len Dockett was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Len Dockett. https://biography.guide/len-dockett/
MLA: "Len Dockett." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/len-dockett/.
Chicago: "Len Dockett." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/len-dockett/.
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